Lead Street Light Tech - Indiana

5 Star Electric, LLC (5 Star) is a premier full-service provider of electrical construction, maintenance, and repair services with offices in Western Kentucky and Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas. 5 Star specializes in Distribution and Transmission Power Line work, Substation, Industrial, Commercial, Streetlighting, and Fiber installations.

Position Title : Street Light Tech, Lead

Our Core Values : Guided by Safety. Focused on Communities. Powered by Care.

Essential Functions :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

The Lead Street Light Technician is responsible for ensuring safety standards for his crew and working closely with the safety manager to set standards and guidelines to create a safety program for all employees. Safety should be the number one priority of any Lead Street Light Technician as he or she is entrusted with the safety of each employee that he directly supervises. The Lead Street Light Technician will be responsible for daily job briefings and ensuring that all crew members are well versed on the coming day’s business so they are prepared for any and all potential hazards. A new job briefing should be completed when the scope of work changes. It is the Lead Street Light Technician’s responsibility to report all incidents / accidents to the safety specialist as soon as possible. It is the Lead Street Light Technician’s responsibility to recognize areas for potential improvement and to report any “near miss” events in order for the crew members to learn from those events with the goal of preventing future accidents

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Direct the work of street light technicians.
• Skills, Knowledge and ability to make wire connections, both low and High Voltage with a Journeyman Lineman to confirm the process.
• Skills, Knowledge and ability to excavate ditches safely, operate all heavy equipment as well as bucket trucks and digger derricks
• Skills, Knowledge and ability to perform energized lines (“hot work”) as needed with confirmation from Journeyman Lineman
• Skills, knowledge and ability to read maps and technical drawings
• Ensures regular maintenance and repairs are carried out on equipment and trucks
• Must maintain a Class B CDL (minimum)
• Must report all incidents, safety violations and near misses to the safety team and supervisor. Must follow customer’s policies for notifying the customer’s team for any outages or incidents as well
• Must have skills, knowledge and ability to work in the clearance zone.
• Must have the skills, knowledge and ability to be a Qualified Observer and follow the safety policy for qualified observers.
• Exhibit excellent communication skills with supervisor, customer and employees.
• Must work outdoors and in all weather conditions

Success Factors :

Experience and Education :

Additional Requirements / Licenses / Certifications :

Notes :

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

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